Summer is upon us, and this week marks the opening of The Pirates of the Caribbean Part 3. My son loves Pirates of the Caribbean, and I am certain I will be spending the rest of my summer hearing things like, “shiver me timbers,” or ” I invoke the right of parley.” If your kids are Pirate fans here is a little pirate fun.
Ocean in a bottle
What You’ll Need
Clean, clear empty plastic bottle
Water
Baby oil
Blue food coloring
Small plastic fish, ship or small sea shells
1. Fill your bottle half way with water and add several drops of blue food coloring.
2. Place the cap on the bottle and shake the water to insure the food coloring mixes with the water.
3. Remove the cap and now pour baby oil into the bottle until the bottle is full.
4. Add plastic fish and/or sea shells to the bottle and replace cap, making sure it is closed tightly.
Turn the bottle on its side and rock the bottle gently right to left. You should see the rolling motion of the oil which will look exactly like wave.
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Another fun activity is to make treasure stones. You can do so using my the same recipe previously posted for fossil stones.
Treasure Stones
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup used coffee grinds
1/2 cup cold leftover coffee
Mix ingredients together in a large bowl until it becomes a rough mix. Turn dough out onto a cutting board and knead into a smooth dough. Tear dough into equal sized chunks roughly the size of your fist. Shape dough into rock like form. Pressing your thumb down into the dough to create a small opening to place treasure. You may chose to place novelty gold coins, or plastic jewels inside the opening. Pinch the opening closed. Place your treasure rocks in a warm dry area to dry. This will take roughly a week. Once the rocks are dry, you can crack them open to find the treasure.
For more pirate fun see my Pirate Page!
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Filed under: Rainy Day Recipes, Science, Pirate Pages on May 21st, 2007 | 3 Comments »
